Folding clothes-line.



C. K. DRESSER.

FOLDING CLOTHES LINE.

APPLICATION WITNESSES FILED JAN. 5,1915.

Patented Feb. 4, 1919.

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CARRIE K. DRESSER, 0F LYNDON CENTER, VERMONT.

FOLDING CLOTHES-LINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4, 1919.

Application filed January 5, 1918. Serial N 0. 210,460.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARRIE K. DRESSER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lyndon Center, in the county of Caledonia and State ofVermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FoldingClothes-Lines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved wire clothes line and theprincipal object of the invention is to provide a clothes line which maybe folded and put away when not in use and which may be easily connectedwith supportin hooks driven into a fence when it is deslred to make useof the line.

Another object of the invention is to so construct this line that wireclothes pins may be strung upon the line and prevented from becominglost from the line.

Another object of the invention is to provide a line which will have asimple construction and at the same time be very eflicient in operation.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereinFigure 1 is a view in elevation showing the improved line with theclothes pins in place thereon, and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the clothes pins.

This line is formed in sections 10 which will be formed of wire, theinner ends of which will be bent to provide eyes 11 connecting the twosections. The outer ends of these wires forming the two sections will beformed into hooks 12 to engage hooks or nails driven in a fence and thusmount the line when in use. Adjacent the ends of the sections, the wiresforming the sections will be bent to provide abutments 13 to limitsliding movement of the in 14. This line will preferably be formed ofresilient wire and it will thus be seen that these abutments which arearched, will provide spring ele ments permitting stretching of the lineand thus permitting the line to be securely held in place when 1n use.The clothes pins will be formed as shown in Fig. 2 and will be formed ofresilient wire which wire will be bent to provide spring coils 15 whichcoils will constitute a sleeve through which the clothes line will pass.The strands will be further bent to extend above and below the sleevesor spring coils 15 thus providing handle sections 16 and jaw sections17, the contacting strands 17 of which will be bent to provide teeth totightly grip the clothes placed between the jaws and prevent the clothesfrom slipping out of engagement with the pins.

When in use, the line will be suspended through the medium of suitablehooks or nails driven into a fence and the pins can be moved alon theline to the proper points according to the length of the clothes to besuspended from the line. These pins will tightly grip the clothes andsuspend them from the line thus preventing danger of the clothesslipping loose. When no longer to be used, the hooks 12 will be releasedfrom the nails or supporting hooks driven into the fence and the linecan then be folded and put away until it is to be used again. The springsections 13 permit the line to be stretched somewhat when put in placeand will then contract the line thus causin the line to be securely heldin place as we as serving as means for limiting movement of the pinsupon the line.

What is claimed is A clothes line comprising a plurality of sectionsformed of resilient wire having their inner end portions looselyconnected for folding of the line, the strands forming the sectionsbeing bent intermediate their length to provide spring elements andhaving their outer end portions bent to provide engaging hooks, andclothes engaging elements slidably mounted upon the line and limited intheir sliding movement thereon by the spring elements.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CARRIE K. DRESSER. Witnesses:

J. S. BUELL, CHARLES D. STEVENS.

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